MiMfg Magazine
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March 2020
Member
Spotlight
Ed Potoczak
Systems Engineer and President
Oakstone Group
Member since March 2019 • Learn more at oakstonegroup.com
There’s an old adage that
success is when opportunity
meets preparation. In today’s
manufacturing industry, it’s the
well-prepared business that goes
farther, innovates better and
leads the way. When you work
with someone whose goal is to
get you ready to compete, it
makes for a winning partnership.
With engineers, scientists,
project managers, software
specialists and executives on hand
to help clients design, develop,
launch and make products faster,
better and cheaper, The Oakstone
Group has been that partner for
plenty of manufacturers.
“We believe the philosophy of
designing manufacturing-friendly
products with reasonable acceptance
criteria consistently applied in a
collaborative environment is the
secret to lasting success,” explained
Ed Potoczak, a systems engineer
and president of The Oakstone
Group. “When you streamline your
sales pursuit, planning, development
and launch as a continuous flow, you
will improve customer relationships,
get operations under control and
wring more profit out of daily
operations. As a result, you’ll see
exponential gains in what your
team can achieve.”
Oakstone is comprised of
manufacturing experts with over
150 years of experience in sales,
engineering, program management,
information technology, floor
operations and strategic leadership
in the casting, welding, injection
molding, electrical component
and module assembly industries.
They don’t just help as analysts
and advisors; they are experienced
manufacturers who can roll up
their sleeves with your team.
One Skill Everyone
Should Have
A thirst for learning.
The Best Advice
I Ever Got
Never become
complacent, always
strive to improve.
Want more strategies for success? Log into mimfg.org for The Oakstone Group’s
newly added webinar “Quick Tips for Improving Your Product Launches.”
“Your success starts and stops
with your people, processes and
systems,” said Potoczak. “It’s critical
that you optimize how each of these
key elements fit together to move
your business ahead. Many of today’s
fast-growing businesses are still
small businesses with a few people
juggling many responsibilities. By
bringing in outside experts, you
can continue to do what you do
best and know that you aren’t
dropping a critical ball.”
What does the right external
resource look like? It will vary for
each manufacturer but the same
key questions should be asked:
• Do they offer individualized
attention with service
comprehensive to your needs?
• Do they possess the expertise to
help develop top-to-bottom
improvement strategies?
• Does their expertise go beyond
technology and incorporate the
entire business from sales to
engineering, and production?
• Is there a focus on measurable
improvement as well as short
and long-term business growth?
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• Are they a solutions provider
that is cost-effective and
flexible enough to work with
where you are and where you
want to go?
You deserve the peace of mind
of knowing your team is well-
prepared to face the challenges
(known and unknown) that are
coming in the next decade and
beyond. Talking with the
professionals who can improve
your operations to help you
generate more revenue can be the
key step to becoming the
resilient, preferred supplier in
your industry for years to come.
“Clarity, trust and respect are
at the core of everything we do.
These three pillars of successful
business relationships are simple
and absolutely critical to how we
believe all professionals should
treat their clients,” assured Potoczak.
“This is our commitment to you.
You have already built your
business — use our experience to
help you unleash its potential.”
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